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READING HOUSING AS AN URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE PATTERNING THE ‘WHORE STIGMA’ 将住房解读为“妓女耻辱”的城市基础设施

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2026-09-14 Epub Date: 2026-01-20 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.70065

Daniela Morpurgo

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DECOLONIZING CREATIVE GEOGRAPHIES OF ART BIENNIALS: A Study of Istanbul's Yeditepe Biennial through the Cultural Politics of Turkish Islamic Nationalism 艺术双年展的非殖民化创作地理：通过土耳其伊斯兰民族主义的文化政治研究伊斯坦布尔的Yeditepe双年展

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2026-09-14 Epub Date: 2026-02-24 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.70073

Hulya Arik, Sabrien Amrov

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RESCALING ABSENTEEISM: Mapping the Multi-scalar and Relational Geographies of Absentee Housing Ownership in Atlanta 重标缺勤：绘制亚特兰大缺勤住房所有权的多标度和关系地理

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2026-09-14 Epub Date: 2026-02-04 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.70063

Taylor Shelton, Ryan Pardue

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CONSULTANCY STATE: Government as (a) Service and the Anti-politics of Technological Expertise in Indian Cities 咨询国家：印度城市中作为服务的政府和技术专长的反政治

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2026-09-14 Epub Date: 2026-01-20 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.70061

Matt Birkinshaw, Sanjay Srivastava

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STARTUP PRECARITY: The Extractivist Economization of Precarious Urban Living in Naples 创业不稳定：那不勒斯不稳定城市生活的采掘经济

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2026-09-14 Epub Date: 2026-02-06 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.70068

Ugo Rossi, Eva Sporer

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AESTHETIC POLITICS AND ELITE-DRIVEN URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICAN CITIES: The Case of Beautifying Sheger in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 非洲城市的审美政治与精英驱动的城市发展：以埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴的美化谢格为例

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2026-09-14 Epub Date: 2026-02-21 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.70064

Ding Fei, Jinpeng Yang, Yucheng Zhang

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THE LEGITIMACY TRAP: Street Vending Heterogeneity and Selective Enforcement in San Francisco 合法性陷阱：旧金山街头贩卖的异质性和选择性执法

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2026-07-09 Epub Date: 2026-01-05 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.70052

Irene Farah

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TROPICAL FRENCH THEORY: Henri Lefebvre and the Reinvention of Urban Planning in Havana, Cuba (1968–1971) 热带法国理论：亨利·列斐伏尔与古巴哈瓦那城市规划的重塑（1968-1971）

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2026-07-09 Epub Date: 2026-01-05 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.70037

William Kutz

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HYPERSCALING HOUSING: Venture Capital, Real Estate Start-Ups and the Race to Build a Global Residential Brand 超大规模住房：风险资本，房地产初创企业和建立全球住宅品牌的竞赛

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2026-07-09 Epub Date: 2026-01-05 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.70046

Tim White

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PERSPECTIVES ON URBAN LONELINESS: City Paths Toward (Un)common Lifeworlds 城市孤独的视角：通往（非）共同生活世界的城市路径

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2026-07-09 Epub Date: 2026-03-16 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.70058

Nina Goldman

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